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Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

Save Animals Initiative cofounder Anil Malhotra, 80

December 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Anil & Pamela Gale Malhotra created reputedly the largest non-governmentally managed wildlife sanctuary in India Anil Malhotra,  80,  died on November 22,  2021 at the SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary he and his wife Pamela Gale Malhotra cofounded in 1991 at Theralu Village & Post,  South Kodagu,  Karnataka state,  India. Posted Pamela Gale Malhotra to […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Birds, Elephants, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Reptiles, Snakes, Tigers, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Pamela Gale Malhotra, SAI Sanctuary

Vultures: canaries in the pharmaceutical waste coal mine?

April 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Diclofenac-related vulture death in Spain may point toward a much bigger problem Should the end times be near,  whether through global warming,  loss of fish from the oceans,  nuclear war,  or any of myriad other calamities,  vanishing vultures might  be among the early harbingers of the apocalypse. Vultures might be expected to descend on the […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Birds, Disease, Donkeys, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Mediterranean, Pakistan, Spain, Wildlife, Wildlife, Working animals, Working horses Tagged With: Diana Aga, Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, John Mallord, Motrin, Rachel Carson, Rebecca Klaper, Robin McKie

Maneka makes waves as animal welfare minister (November 1998)

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Moved rapidly on marine mammal exhibition, cattle transport, & wild-caught bird trade NEW DELHI––Contrary to Press Trust of India and New Zealand Press Association reports of October 7,  Indian minister for social justice and empowerment Maneka Gandhi did not ban animal experiments in India effective on October 8,  1998  but she did announce draft regulations […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Birds, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashoke Chatterjee, Chinny Krishna, Guman Mal Lodha, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

Why vultures are not circling over the drought-parched world

June 25, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

It isn’t that vultures don’t feel the threat from global warming             GABORONE,  Botswana––Scarce over much of drought-parched India,  Central Asia, and Africa,  vultures still converge over dead livestock and wildlife in Botswana,  stripping the corpses of even elephants and hippos down to the bones within hours––but for how much longer? The Botswana Department of […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia, Birds, Birds, Birds, Botswana, Conservation, Dogs, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Hunted species, India, Indian subcontinent, Israel, Kenya, Mediterranean, Poaching & trafficking, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Çağan Şekercioğlu, Evan Buechley, J. Lindsay Oaks, Merritt Clifton, Salvatore Cardoni, Zafrir Rinat

The Big Five: Peter Jackson, 90, helped to save Indian tigers

December 13, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part I of a three-part series (See also John & Margaret Craighead led fight to save grizzly bears and Browder helped save the Everglades, Kellert found the current changing for animals.)          Journalist Peter Jackson,  instrumental in saving Indian tigers,  died on December 9,  2016 in London,  England at age 90. Biologists John and Margaret Craighead,  instrumental in […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Predators, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Bittu Sahgal, Indira Gandhi, Joe Browder, John Craighead, Margaret Craighead, Merritt Clifton, Peter Jackson, Stephen Kellert

Ashok Kumar, 81, brought India’s most notorious poacher to justice

September 6, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Co-founded Wildlife Trust of India      NEW DELHI,  India––Ashok Kumar,  81,  the quiet man of Indian wildlife conservation,  died on August 19,  2016,  after a lifetime of undercover and behind-the-scenes work on behalf of tigers,  elephants,  and every other iconic,  rare,  or struggling species on the subcontinent. Co-founder and president emeritus of the Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Birds, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ashok Kumar, Debbie Banks, Merritt Clifton, Sansar Chand, Urmila Shastri, Vivek Menon

Supreme Court of India rules against harvest festival mayhem

January 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board of India chair R.M. Kharb & vice-chair Chinny Krishna refuse to quit NEW DELHI,  CHENNAI––Animals may be killed and injured by the hundreds of thousands during the 2016 Indian harvest festivals,  January 12-18,  but the mayhem may not proceed with government approval,  ruled a two-judge bench representing the Supreme Court of India […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cockfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Left, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Other animal fighting, Other animal racing, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Welfare Board of India, AWBI, bulbul fighting, Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Makar Sankranti, Merritt Clifton, Pongal, R.M. Kharb, Supreme Court of India

Vultures at play keep ghouls away

October 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Loss of vultures haunts the Indian subcontinent          CHANDIGARH,  NAIROBI,  LITTLE ROCK––Vultures darkening the sky,  trees,  and rooftops in growing numbers near slaughterhouses throughout the U.S. South and Midwest in recent years signify as Halloween 2015 approaches that the U.S. has little to fear from ghouls. Ghouls,  in original definition,  are grave robbers and scavengers […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Birds, Buddhism, Central Asia, Cultural, Culture & Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, North Africa, Other, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Lindsay Oaks, Merritt Clifton, Parsees, Zoroastrians

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